What happened
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Nightmute Airport does not have weather reporting and the windsock is listed in the alaksa supplement as unreliable. The airman listened to the awoss at toksook bay for local weather but not particular for Nightmute Airport. The airman had a weather report on the winds from the company chief pilot who had landed and departed Nightmute twenty minutes before the airman arrived at Nightmute. The airman overflew the runway and observed the windsock. The winds were favoring runway 03 with a quartering head wind. The airman turned base to final with no problems with windshear or strong gusts of wind. The airman landed, retracted the flaps as the airplane slowed down signigicantly a strong gust of wind turned the airplane ninety degrees into the wind. The airman attempted to straighten the airplane parallel to the runway without success and the airplane exited the runway and went down the bank into the tundra causing substantial damage to the airplane. The airman secured the airplane. The village agent said the wind gusts had increased since the company chief pilot had departed Nightmute.
As the FAA filed it
NIGHTMUTE AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE WEATHER REPORTING AND THE WINDSOCK IS LISTED IN THE ALAKSA SUPPLEMENT AS UNRELIABLE. THE AIRMAN LISTENED TO THE AWOSS AT TOKSOOK BAY FOR LOCAL WEATHER BUT NOT PARTICULAR FOR NIGHTMUTE AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN HAD A WEATHER REPORT ON THE WINDS FROM THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT WHO HAD LANDED AND DEPARTED NIGHTMUTE TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE THE AIRMAN ARRIVED AT NIGHTMUTE. THE AIRMAN OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY AND OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK. THE WINDS WERE FAVORING RUNWAY 03 WITH A QUARTERING HEAD WIND. THE AIRMAN TURNED BASE TO FINAL WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHEAR OR STRONG GUSTS OF WIND. THE AIRMAN LANDED, RETRACTED THE FLAPS AS THE AIRPLANE SLOWED DOWN SIGNIGICANTLY A STRONG GUST OF WIND TURNED THE AIRPLANE NINETY DEGREES INTO THE WIND. THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRPLANE PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY WITHOUT SUCCESS AND THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND WENT DOWN THE BANK INTO THE TUNDRA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRMAN SECURED THE AIRPLANE. THE VILLAGE AGENT SAID THE WIND GUSTS HAD INCREASED SINCE THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT HAD DEPARTED NIGHTMUTE.
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